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SuitSat Not Looking Good So Far

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the back-to-the-drawing-board dept.

Hulboy writes "According to the SuitSat website, things aren't going well for the makeshift satellite in it's first few hours. 'Reports of nothing heard from Israel, Turkey, South Africa, and two negative reports from Japan as well as the weak report below. JH3XCU reports signal only heard in SSB mode, TX cycle and doppler detectable, but no modulation... this is not looking good.'

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  1. Why the space program is failing by aussie_a · · Score: 0, Troll

    This is why the space program is failing, they can't even launch satellites now. They had to resort to dumping an old space suit, but they didn't even manage to do that right. Yeeesh.

    Here's to hoping China or Russia can do a better job.

    NOTE: You may want to get an engineer to take a look at your humour chip if you take this post seriously.

  2. Re:Two things... by Wes+Janson · · Score: 0, Troll

    This wasn't an "experiment" this was "throwing a radio out an airlock as a PR stunt". The fact that they failed at even something that simple is rather sad.